Hampstead tube station

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Station building in 2008
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Hampstead
Location of Hampstead in Greater London
Location Hampstead
Local authority London Borough of Camden
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone 2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018Decrease2.svg 4.49 million [1]
2019Increase2.svg 4.67 million [2]
2020Decrease2.svg 2.26 million [3]
2021Decrease2.svg 2.11 million [4]
2022Increase2.svg 3.61 million [5]
Railway companies
Original company CCE&HR
Key dates
22 June 1907Opened
Other information
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WGS84 51°33′25″N0°10′42″W / 51.5569°N 0.1783°W / 51.5569; -0.1783
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Hampstead is a London Underground station in Hampstead, North London, England. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Golders Green and Belsize Park stations. The branch's northernmost subterranean station, it is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

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Designed by architect Leslie Green, it was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. As it is at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed before opening, and the original tiled signs on the platform walls still read Heath Street. Because Hampstead is on a steep hill, the station's platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres (192 ft) below ground level; [6] [7] and it has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground, at 55 metres (180 ft). Its high-speed lifts, originally manufactured by Otis, were modernised by the Wadsworth Lift Company, [8] and again in 2014 by Accord.

To the north, between Hampstead and Golders Green stations, is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station. London Overground's Hampstead Heath station on the North London line is a 10–15 minute walk east on South End Road.

Tiling on the southbound platform, showing the original proposed name, "Heath Street" Hampstead station tiling.JPG
Tiling on the southbound platform, showing the original proposed name, "Heath Street"

Connections

London Buses routes 46 and 268, schools service 603 and night bus N5 serve the station.

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Golders Green
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North End
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Northern line Belsize Park
towards Charing Cross